Huawei Ascend W2 with 4.3-inch display, Windows Phone 8 official

Huawei has finally announced the Ascend W2, the company’s latest smartphone running on Windows Phone 8 after several rumors. It is the successor of the Ascend W1 that was announced at the CES 2013 earlier this year, and packs a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) WVGA super-sensitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.4 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8230 processor. It has a 5 MP auto focus rear camera with 720p HD video recording. The phone has capacitive touch buttons with backlight similar to the color of the phone.

Huawei Ascend W2 Specifications

• 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) WVGA super-sensitive touch screen display
• 1.4 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8230 processor
• Windows Phone 8 OS
• 5MP auto focus camera with 720p HD video recording
• 9.9 mm thick and weighs 160g
• 512MB RAM, 8GB internal memory
• 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, aGPS
• 1700 mAh battery with Huawei’s unique power-saving technology